On Tuesday morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio plowed over the powdery dreams of local students, announcing that snow days would now be a "thing of the past."

With a major snowstorm expected to hit the city tomorrow, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has declared a "Snow Alert" and suspended outdoor dining on city streets starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

"We’re going to need to do some kind of shutdown in the weeks ahead, something that resembles the pause that we were in in the spring," de Blasio said, during his morning press conference.

 

The gunman had a history of arrests and prison time in the 1990s.

Consider this podcast catches you up on national and local news in 20 minutes, weekdays at 5pm.

A book exploring the philosophy and wisdom of repairing. 

Terrance McKnight on WQXR's five-day radio festival marking Beethoven's 250th birthday. 

A perennial NPR favorite, Hanukkah Lights features all new Hanukkah stories for 2020.

Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The Federal Trade Commission gave nine social media and tech companies 45 days to hand over details on how they collect user data. It is the latest move by government actors to regulate Big Tech.

Twin complaints from the Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general paint a portrait of a company protecting its power at all costs.

Sundar Pichai addressed employees in an internal email after thousands of them publicly criticized the tech giant for pushing out a top artificial intelligence researcher.

Listen to musical meetings across cultures and continents including new music by Taiwanese pipa master Chung Yufeng, lap tapping guitarist and kalimba-player Yasmin Williams, and Junun.

There’s music for trumpet, mostly, in old and new works by Jon Hassell, Christian Scott from New Orleans, music by Arve Henriksen from Norway, and UK-based Laura Jurd’s band, Dinosaur.

Listen to music by pedal steel guitarist and innovator Susan Alcorn, recorded at the 2018 Big Ears Festival and music by electric guitarist Marisa Anderson, recorded in our studio. 

Hear Max Richter’s "Voices," for orchestra, chorus, electronics, and taped voices in many languages reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dec. 10 at 10PM on 93.9FM WNYC.

From the archives: On the 100th anniversary of his birth, Dave Brubeck still looms large in jazz history.

Yuletide Tales is a storytelling show on a holiday theme. It’s about that most jolly time of the year, except when it isn’t.

We cannot come together in person this year, but for just one night, you’re invited to join us online for a less-frills, stripped-down Hanukkah concert streamed live from The Greene Space’s Lower Manhattan studio.

Lives at Stake is a series of frank conversations by and for trans people about the issues affecting their communities, hosted by Emmy and Peabody Award winner Imara Jones.

This holiday season, join us and MoFAD for a virtual celebration of Filipinx (Filipino) food and traditions.